Peyton's Pleasure (59 page)

S
o
wh
a
t
w
a
s
h
e
r
p
r
obl
e
m
?
He
w
a
s
obvious
l
y
r
i
c
h
a
nd
out
of
h
e
r l
e
a
g
u
e
,
but
th
e
n
s
h
e
w
a
s
n
’
t
looking
f
or
a
s
t
ea
d
y
re
l
a
tionship
so
w
h
y did
it
m
a
tt
e
r
?
He
ins
i
st
e
d
on
g
e
tting
p
er
son
a
l
a
nd
th
a
t
did
m
a
tt
er
.
S
he

c
ouldn
’
t
g
e
t
those
wo
r
d
s
out
of
h
e
r
mind.
I
b
e
long
to
y
ou.
Th
e
y h
a
unt
e
d
h
e
r
.
S
he
b
e
lo
n
g
e
d
to
no
one
but
h
er
s
e
l
f
.
W
h
y
h
a
d
h
e
w
a
nt
e
d h
e
r
to
s
a
y
it?
W
a
s
it
a
ll
p
ar
t
of
some
fa
nt
a
s
y
?
S
he
ref
us
e
d
to
l
e
t
it m
ea
n
a
n
y
thi
n
g
to h
er
.

No,
it
h
a
d
a
ll
b
e
e
n
p
a
r
t
o
f the
f
un.
Nothing
s
er
io
u
s
would
c
ome of it.
S
he
c
ould
h
a
ndle
a
little
r
ol
e-
pl
a
y
i
n
g
.
I
t
on
l
y m
a
de
the
g
a
me
mo
r
e int
e
ns
e
.
And
f
u
c
k
h
a
d
it
b
ee
n
int
e
nse
l
a
st
ni
g
ht.
He
kn
e
w
r
i
g
ht
wh
e
r
e to
tou
c
h
h
e
r
a
nd
how
h
ar
d.
He
c
ould
s
e
nse
h
e
r
p
a
in
th
re
shold
a
nd
g
a
v
e h
e
r
just
e
no
u
g
h
t
o
h
e
i
g
ht
e
n
the pl
ea
s
u
r
e
—pl
ea
su
r
e th
a
t
h
ad
blown
h
e
r
a
w
a
y
.
S
he di
d
n
’
t
w
a
nt
this
to
e
nd.
Not
so
soon.
Th
er
e
w
a
s still
so
mu
c
h
mo
r
e to
e
x
plo
r
e with
him.
Thin
g
s
she w
a
nt
e
d
to
t
r
y b
eca
use s
h
e
r
e
a
li
z
e
d
she t
r
ust
e
d
him.
W
h
er
e th
a
t
t
r
ust
h
a
d
c
ome
fr
om so
qui
c
k
l
y
af
t
e
r
m
ee
ti
n
g
him,
Pe
y
ton
w
a
sn
’
t
su
r
e
.
Y
ea
h,
th
e
r
e
w
er
e qu
e
stions.
L
ike
w
h
a
t did he
do
f
or
a
livi
n
g
?

S
he
c
ontinu
e
d
sipping h
e
r
c
o
f
f
e
e
a
nd
thinking
a
bout
some
of
the m
e
n
sh
e’
d
b
ee
n
with
th
r
ou
g
h
the
y
e
a
r
s.
All
of
t
h
e
m
on
l
y l
a
s
t
e
d
a
fe
w w
ee
ks,
a
month
or
two
a
t
the
most.
I
t
a
lw
a
y
s
e
nd
e
d
the
s
a
m
e
.
Th
e
y would
g
e
t
poss
e
ssive
a
n
d
p
er
son
a
l.
S
he didn
’
t
do
th
a
t
a
nd
s
a
id
g
ood-
b
y
e
.
M
a
n
y
o
f
th
e
m
h
a
d
ca
ll
e
d
h
e
r
c
old
a
nd
a
slut,
but
she
n
e
v
e
r
l
e
t
it both
e
r h
er
.
S
he
w
a
sn
’
t looking
f
or
c
ompl
i
ca
tions,
a
nd t
r
ue
re
l
a
tionships
a
lw
a
y
s
e
n
d
e
d up with
c
ompli
ca
tions.

A
f
t
e
r
d
ea
li
n
g
with
s
u
c
h
a
re
l
a
tionship
on
ce
,
s
h
e
vow
e
d
n
e
v
e
r
to do
it
a
g
a
in.
H
e’
d
b
e
e
n
c
ont
r
olling
to
the
point
of t
e
lling
h
e
r
wh
a
t
to w
ear
,
who
to
be
fr
i
e
nds
with
a
nd
how
to
f
i
x
h
e
r
h
a
i
r
.
A
n
y
time
she t
r
i
e
d
to
do
som
e
thing
h
e
r
w
a
y
,
he
would
r
e
mind
h
e
r
th
a
t
she
b
e
lo
n
g
e
d to
him.
Now
R
y
k
e
r
w
a
s
t
e
lling h
e
r
the
s
a
me
t
h
in
g
.
P
e
y
ton
si
g
h
e
d. M
a
y
b
e
she
n
e
e
d
e
d
to
g
a
t
h
e
r
h
e
r
thi
n
g
s
a
nd
l
e
a
ve
b
ef
o
r
e
th
e
y
g
ot
a
n
y d
ee
p
er
.
P
utting
a stop
to
thin
g
s
now
would
be
f
a
r
ea
si
e
r
th
a
n
t
r
y
i
n
g
to dis
e
nt
a
n
g
le
h
er
s
e
l
f
l
a
t
e
r
on.